Window.



A. W. JOHNSON.

WINDOW. APPLICATION FILED JULY 21, 1911.

Patented Oct. 31, 1911.

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WINDOW.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 21, 1911.

1,007,208, Patented 001131, 1911.

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NEWARK, NEW' E VNDOW.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AXEL W. JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain Improvements in Windows, of which the fol-Y lowing is a specification.

The objects of this invention are to provide a window having upper and lower sashes which can slide up and down as is common in such windows, or can either one tip or swing upon a horizontal axis to open the'window, or can either one open or swing upon a vertical axis at either side of the t window to open the window; to thus enable the window to be opened in a multiplicity of different ways, to accommodate different conditions; to secure a simple construction which shall lend itself conveniently to substitution for the present type of sliding upper and lower sashes; to obtain imperviousness to rain and cold when the windowis closed, and security of the sashes at all times; to facilitate the cleaning and repairtheir opening for air, and to secure other advantages and results as may be brought Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals of reference indicate the same parts throughout the several iigures, Figure 1 is a view of my improved window in elevation, looking from the inside, the sashes being closed; Fig. 2 is a horizontal transverse section, on line A-A, Fig. 1, looking in the direction indicated by the arrow, with the upper sash lowered and both sashes swung partly open on vertical axes; Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the window with 'both sashes swung on middle horizontal axes into partly opened positions; Fig. 4 is a face view of a certain hinge bolt, and Fig. 5 is an edge view of the same; Fig. 6 is a face view of a certain keeper for said bolt, and Fig. 7 is an edge view of the same; Fig. 8 illustrates a certain stop which is preferably employed when the window is opened, and Fig. 9 is an edge view of a modifiedy form of keeper which may. sometimes be employed.

In said drawings, 1 indicates a window frame of any ordinary and well-known construction, having the sill 2, stool 3,.ap`ron 4, pulley stiles 5 and 6, andiyoke 7 atthe top. In said frame are mounted upper and lower sliding sashes 8l and 9, respectively, and it is Speciication of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 21, 1911.

Patented oca si., rali.

Serial No. 639,769.

in the construction of these sashes that my invention more particularlyinheres. Both sashes are constructed the same, and therefore a description of one will suilice for both, so that I will proceed to describe the lower sash 9.

rI`he sash proper comprises side stiles 10 and 11, bottom rail 12 and top or mee-ting rail 13, between which isinserted the pane of glass 14 as usual.` This sash-proper has at its opposite ver-tical edges, or adjacent to its side stiles lOand 11, supplementary carriers 15 and 16 adapted to slide up and down the pulley Stiles and having attached to them the cords 17 which extend to t/he usual balance weights, not shown. These carriers each has at its side away from t-he parting strip 18 a longitudinal rib or vprojection 19 which lies beneath a correspondingly undercut stop bead 20. The carriers thus cannot escape from their slideways, even though the sash be disconnected from said carriers.

The sash proper is connected to vthe carriers 15 and 16 by keepers 21 let into the inner faces or sides of the stiles, and which keepers are adapted tov be engaged by 4hinge bolts-22 made fast to the carriers so as to lie across the joints between the carriers and sash proper. Each hinge bolt comprises a bolt 23 threaded at its free end adapted to overlie the keeper and having a nut 24 thereon, the opposite end of the bolt 'being hinged to a plate 25 adapted to be secured flat-Wise upon the carrier as by screws. Each keeper 21 has a groove or recess 26 extending transversely of the sash stile in alinement with the said bolt 22 and adapted to receive the same, so that the bolt can be swung sidewise into said groove or recess. Obviously, by tightening up the nut 24 at the side of the keeper away from the carrier, the side stile of the sash-.proper will be bound vfirmly to the carrier.

Preferably the side or edge of the keeperhave shown in the drawing three of theseV hinge bolts connecting each side stile of the sash to its adjacent carrier, one at the middle of the sash and one at each of the upper and lower ends. By this arrangement the sash proper can be swung upon either of its verti- Furthermore, the n I cal side edges by disengaging all thelliifnga sashcan be tipped pivotally upon a horizone bolts at the opposite edge, as showny in Fig. 2. Also by disengaging the top and bottom hinge bolts at both sides of the sash, the

tal line through the two hinge bolts at its middle, as illustrated in Fig. 3. Great latitude in the manner of opening the windowv is thus permitted, which results in great con-l venience both in the use of the window and in cleaning or repairing the same;

If desired, thegroove of the keeper plate l at the middle of the sash may be closed over 'fthe sash to swinging upon one vertical edge e.

and upon a horizontal line across its midd This construction of keeper plate is illustrated in Fig. 9 of the drawings, and marked 31.

Obviously, when the sash proper is e11- tirely disengaged from one carrier, so as to swing upon its attachment to the other carrier as a pivot, the released carrierwould be drawn upward to the. top of the window frame by the sash weights attached thereto l if no means were provided for preventing it. I therefore prefer to provide such means, and have shown for the purpose a'stop 28 which can be secured permanently to the bead 20 and provide a groove or recess 29 transversely of said bead to receive the hinge l bolt 23-as thesame is swung outward from engagement with the keeper 21. The earrier is thus held against being drawn upward when all the hinge bolts are disen-` gaged.

Preferably the hinge bolts 23 extend through the nuts 24 and are headed over, as at 30 in Figs. 4 and 5, enough so that said nuts cannot become wholly detached from the bolts and lost.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. The combinationv of a ,window-frame, carriers adapted to slide vertically in said 'window-frame at the opposite sides thereof,

a sash between said carriers adapted to lie in thesame plane therewith, a keeperupon a side stile of said sash, and a hinge bolt upon the adjacent carrier adapted to pivotally engage said keeper. 4 v

2. The Acombination of a window-frame, carriers adapted to slide vertically in said p window-frame at the opposite sides thereof, a sash between said carriers adapted to lie in the same plane therewith, keepers upon the side stiles of said sash opposite each other, and hinge bolts upon the adjacent aside vstile of said sash providing` trans- 'i -versely of said stile a laterally open groove or recess, and a hinge bolt upon the adjacent carrier adapted to swing into and out of said groove orv recess.

4. The combination of a window-frame, carriers adapted to slide vertically in said window-frame at the opposite sides thereof, a sash between said carriers adapted to lie in the same plane therewith, keepers upon the side stiles of said sash opposite each other and providi' laterally open grooves or recesses exten ing transversely of said stiles, and hinge bolts upon the adjacent carriers adapted toswing into and out of said grooves or recesses. i

5. The combination of a window-frame, carriers adapted to slide vertically in said window-frameat the opposite sides thereof,

a sash between said carriers adaptedto lie in the same plane therewith, a keeper upon va side stile of said sash providing transversely of said stile a laterally open groove with an lindercut enlargement at its end away from the adjacent carrier, a hinge bolt upon said carrier adapted to swing into and out of said recess, and a nut upon said hingebolt adapted to enter said enlargement.

6. The combination of a window-frame, carriers adapted to slide vertically in said window-frame at the opposite sides thereof, a sash between said carriers adapted to lie in the same plane therewith, a series of keepers upon a side stile of said sash, each providing a laterally opengroove or recess extending transverselyof 'said stile, one of said keepers being substantially midway of the top and bottom of the sash, a keeper upon the opposite side stile of the sash substantially midway of the top and bottom, and hinge bolts upon the adjacent carriers adapted to pivotally engage said keepers.

7. The combination of a window-frame,

A'carriers adapted to 'slide `vertically in said window-frame at the opposite sides thereof,

a sash between said carriers adapted to lie in the same plane therewith, a series of keepers upon each side stile of the sash, each keeper provling a laterally open groove or recess transverse of the stile, one of said .keepers-on each stile being substantiall mid- .way of the top and bottom of the sas ,and

hinge bolts upon the ladj acent carriers adapted to swing into and out ofsaid grooves or l IeCeSSeS.

8. The` tcombination of a window-frame,

carriers adapted to slide vertically in said window-frame'at the opposite sides thereof,

a sashv between said carriers adapted to lie in the same plane therewith, a keeper upon a side stile of the sash, and a hinge bolt arranged opposite said keeper upon the adjacent carrier comprising a plate' secured to the carrier and a bolt hinged to said plate adapted to engage said keeper, whereby the sash may swing either vertically or horizontally on said hinge-bolt. i

9. The combination of a window-frame,

carriers adapted to Vslide vertically in said window-frame at' the opposite sides thereof, a sash between said carriers adapted to lie in the same plane therewith, a keeperupon a side stile of the sash providing a laterally open groove or recess extending transversely of the stile with an undercut enlargement at the end away from the adjacent carrier, a hinge bolt comprising a plate secured to said carrier and a bolt hinged to said plate adapted to swinginto and out of said groove or recess, and a nut on the bolt adapted to be screwed into the said enlargement of the groove or recess. Y

. AXEL W. J OHNSON.'

In presence ofe c CORNELIUS ZABRISVKIE Y FRANCES E. BLoDGETr. 

